ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL DEDICATION, ERIE COUNTY, NEW YORK

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SOURCE: BUFFALO EVENING NEWS -VOL.XXXIV. NO 145 -September 27, 1897 
CHURCH DEDICATED 
Handsome New St. Joseph's at Albion Was the Scene of a Very Impressive Ceremony 
(Special to the evening news) 

ALBION, Sept 27 - The dedication of the new St. Joseph's Church took place yesterday. The
eloquent discourse was delivered by Rt. Rev. B.J. McQuaid of Rochester, after the solemn and
impressive ceremony of dedication by Rt. Rev. James E. Quigley, Bishop of Buffalo. David Martin
officiated as master of ceremonies; Rev. John Biden, rector of the St. Joseph's Cathedral,
Bafflo was celebrant of the high mass, assisted by Rev. Father McGrath and Rev. Father Walters.
There were a number of distinguised Catholics present, amount them Very.Rev.Thomas P. Broughan
of Batavia;  Very Rev. P. McHale, president of Niagara University;  Rev. J.W. McNabb, Medina;
Rev. L. Vanderpool, Le Roy;  Rev. J.H. Leddy, Holley;  Rev.E Purell, MIddleport;  Rev. James
Roche, Suspension Bridge, and those named as officiating. The music sung at the mass was
elaborate and finely rendered. The ediface is built of sand stone and contains a great many
beautiful memorial windows, notably a very large one to the memory of Re. John Castaldi, and
the one opposite, given by the C.M.B.A. of Albion.  The church has a fine organ and is complete
in all its finishings. 
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